Better than expected

Yesterday, I thought I’d try to make homemade pizza for the first time.

After reading about all the steps ‘required’ to make pizza at home and completely overwhelming myself with all the ‘ins-and-outs’ of pizza-making technique, I thought about giving up the project entirely. It just seemed like too much work to make it right.

Then I decided to just wing it and see ‘how bad it could be.’

Turns out the margin of error was far lower than I originally thought. Because even if you don’t knead and age your dough, use the right flour-combination, or shape it perfectly by-hand, you can still make great-tasting homemade pizza from scratch in as little as an hour.

Most experiences are like that. You’ll likely try a whole bunch of times and not get the result you were (ideally) hoping for. But even if you do, it’ll likely turn out far better than the worst possible result.

What's more, knowing that the ‘worst’ isn't so intolerable might just give you the encouragement you need to keep at it, and give it your best next time.